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QUOTING Professor BRIAN R. COPELAND: Anthony Williams put down the 4th & 5th 40 years ago,

what is significant is... I do not know what high school exposure he went to and so on,

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Does anyone have anything positive to say about WIADCA?

I've been monitoring the post by many of the young New York pan players on facebook. It is amazing that one organization can do so much to destroy the morale of our youth. If WIADCA's sponsors ever see these post they will never get another cent from

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WHAT ABOUT THE STEELBAND TODAY?

In 1959 when Desperadoes played "Noah"s Ark" they had 1500 to 2000 masqueraders and their pans rolled on the ground. In 2014 with all the technology available they they have less than 100, the message in this picture is crystal clear, what they are d

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Steel Pan Music

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Trinidad & Tobago Copyright Laws

Copyright Laws,

PART IV.doc

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Antillean All Stars, Bassman

Hello Friends, Do anyone have a recording of Antillean all stars playing bassman Arranged by Henry "Bendix" Cumberbatch. I think its 1974. I am trying to find this for a very good friend of mine, this was the Tune he heard that inspired him to start

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SamarooFamilyOrchestra Hilton Pool 1978

Going through the archives of my PC I found a tape recording, that my deceased friend Peter Michels recorded at the Hilton. I did a little remastering and now I wonder if anyone is interested.

You can download a short demo (24 MB) of all the 21 track

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CAN A FOREIGN ARRANGER OR STEELBAND WIN A PANORAMA IN TRINIDAD & TOBAGO?

That is something you will never see, the closest was at a  Steelband music Festival when Skiffle Bunch won with Boosgie Cadenza at the end or else the Illinois Band would have won.                                                                     

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To Mr. Hannibal Muhammad pursuant to "rock" Johnston...

Of course he did; he encouraged him under a watchful eye,  letting him tune the tenors,  while he focus and balance  the back ground voices, I'm in the National archive trying to locate an Evening New article headline, Piano pan serves North Stars we

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TODAY IS CATHY SHAW BIRTHDAY (a Woman in Pan)

Happy Birthday Cathy Shaw, Wishing you many more, and keep on playing the Trinidad & Tobago Instrument, Steel Pan

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On the subject of Pan Standardization

The thing is , sometimes we get so caught up in thoughts , ideas , and opinions , that we forget reality .

The reality is that we've never standardized TUNING, and since we still have pioneering tuners around,  some of whom may still have their prefe

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A tribute to Pan Women Panorama 1987 Exodus arranger Ray Holman

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Southern Marines and the Five Note bass pan

In the late fifties and early sixties, Southern Marines Steel Orchestra was considered by many to be the sweetest sounding steelband in San Fernando.

A big part of the reason was because their captain, Milton "Squeezer" Lyons, one of the band's  foun

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Good Friday Night - Well Ah Cyar Wait till 12 noon tomorrow Ha Ha

Perhaps that is why Calypso started to loose its appeal.

It did not stop for Lent.

I remember how excited I used to get when 12 noon Glorious Saturday came around and calypsos and Steelband music returned to the radio. How many of you remember those

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Does it annoy you when people use the phrase Steel drum band?

I wish to get a proper feel of the reaction to this question and would appreciate your response.

As popular as it is, thousands of people searching on Google for this type of band would enter the phrase "steel drum band" in the search query instead o

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What's your favorite Robbie Greenidge Panorama performance?

Been loving 'Street Party' lately...it represents to me the Despers sound and a nostalgic view of Panorama gone by.  As Clive Bradley would say Despers was his Pan University.

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The Role Women Arrangers will play in Panorama during in the next decade.

Thanks WST/Pan Times for your continued dedication and service you provide your membership.
Your Tribute To Women In Pan “Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form had me thinking.

On Panorama Finals night we saw Pan Trinbago leadership offer

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All Stars

Now that Carnival is over have you really listened to what All Stars has played. Smooth offerings year after year, no matter what his supporters think, is what people who listen to Steel Band music call disposable music. Music that his own players re

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2014 and the Panman composer still has to struggle with its own people as well as outside to get due recondition for the works they contribute to the art form

We come out to play & Pan in the Atmosphere

 Pan will remain in the Atmosphere  as long as total disloyalty is paid to the panist composers, I personally found many comments towards both tunes was as if it was 1 persons work. But all the WST members

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2014 Small and Medium prelims results

Pantrinbago has released the results of the 2014 Small and Medium Bands on their Web Site.

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